He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
RAMAKRISHNAMake your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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